Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Aug 21, 1997, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KDDC 220401 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC135-165-220500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1101 PM CDT THU AUG 21 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  UTICA                      BY 1105 PM CDT
  LIEBENTHAL                 BY 1110 PM CDT
  NESS CITY                  BY 1115 PM CDT
  LA CROSSE                  BY 1120 PM CDT
  RUSH CENTER                BY 1125 PM CDT

* AT 1053 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM UTICA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
  BROWNELL TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LIEBENTHAL MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR
PATH...EXPECT WINDS OF 80 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE
INCH IN DIAMETER AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY.  YOU
SHOULD NEVER TRY TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

MCAVOY/STOUT

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 21, 2:48 PM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ...CORRECTION TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
248 PM CDT THU AUG 21 1997

LINE OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS FROM HYS TO P28...NEAR 850 WARM FRONT. 12Z
ANALYSIS PUTS IMPRESSIVE 850 MOIST AXIS THROUGH DDC TO GLD-N WITH 18Z
SFC WARM FRONT FROM ABOUT GLD-HYS-JUST EAST OF P28.  WV LOOP CONFIRMS
S/W OVER EASTERN WYOMING THAT WAS/IS DEPICTED IN MODEL PROGS.  SHORT
FUSE COMPOSITE SHOWS CAP GOING TOWARD ZERO BUT 700MB PROGS INDCATE
SLIGHT WARMING AT THAT LEVEL.  500MB COLD POOL ACCOMPANING S/W LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THINGS GOING.  NGM/ETA
GRIDDS HAVE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGANCE OVER NORTHWEST KS/SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA BY 00Z. SO MAY DEVELOP IN THAT AREA.

CURRNENT SHEAR PROFILE SHOWS GOOD VEERING AT LOW LEVELS AND 850MB WINDS
HAVE BEEN BACKING DURING THE DAY.  TORNADOES? AND SVR HAIL APPEAR TO
BOTH BE IN THE PICTURE TONIGHT.  WITH FFG VALUES OF 1.5-2.5 OVER
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...WILL PROBABLY ADD A FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT AND
MENTION SVR POSSIBILITY.  AS FOR WEST...WILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 40%.

.DDC...FFA SE TONIGHT KSZ066-080-081-089-090

DDC 065/087 065/088 061 622
GCK 063/089 063/088 060 622
EHA 062/090 022/090 060 622
LBL 064/088 064/089 060 522
HYS 064/084 063/088 062 622
P28 070/089 070/092 066 622

REITER/TB

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.